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THEY LOVE THE BIBLE IN ROME: Another Rave Review for John Klawitter's latest release!

THE ROGUE PIRATE'S BIBLE HERETICAL by John Klawitter
ISBN-10: 1-55404-716-1 ISBN-13: 978-1-55404-716-1 Genre: Science Fiction
eBook Length: 214 Pages Published: December 2009 Imprint: Double Dragon Publishing [[SEE VIDEO BELOW]]
Whymiscal, very human take on previously chiselled in stone biblical characters by author John Klawitter, who did for the Bible what Douglas Addams did for space travel with the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Klawitter brings home the characters and shows us they're good old guys and gals just like us, who happened to live in an amazing time full of burning bushes, angelic apparitions and thunder strikes on cue. Not to mention neanderthals, aliens and pirate spaceships....
Klawitter's other works also show an admirable capacity for understanding human nature and society as is, not how we wish it were, and his characters often feel like we already know them, they are quite believable, in effect. Many of his books are chock full of action like a Hollywood movie and it's hard to put them down, he did the same in this collection of short tales, one wants to read it over and over again and wishes there were more stories to read. I am an old fan of John Klawitter's work, I enjoy his mature tales, like only a master storyteller can tell them. I am enamoured of this world he invented, of the frame of the Rogue pirates to tell these age-old stories with a new twist, I really would love to see more development of the space pirate theme, I can't get enough of it, my mind keeps wondering about that world in my free time, I hope that John Klawitter will reveal more of that world to readers in the future.
A thumbs up to The Rogue Pirates Bible Heretical.
- Review by Mary Therese Burns-De Francesco, Rome , Italy
~~ Rome correspondent for the La Gazzetta Italiana newspaper

FOUL

AUTHOR'S NOTE: FOUL is a work of fiction. All of the major characters are made up. Because the story plays against the historical backdrop of professional football, an avid fan may recognize that the Rams did take on the Vikings in a play-off game in 1969, a game in which there were so many controversial calls that sports reporters of the time questioned whether the refs had taken the game out of the players' hands and decided it for themselves. Where actual players are mentioned in the context of that game, their actions have been taken from the newspaper sports pages of the time, primarily from the Los Angeles Times and the Herald Examiner. It is my hope that none of these figures has been misrepresented. However, the fictional characters involved in that game and in the larger context of this story-including Ripper Brown, Lani Kazin, Loaf Ludder, Rand Burkle, Jeff Raymond, Nathan Paramis, Jimmy "Motorfoot" Teams and George Haslins-are purely fictional, as are their motivations and actions. There have been many colorful names for defensive lines; there have been at least three Fearsome Foursomes playing for various teams (although arguably the most famous was the Rams line of 1964-1974), to say nothing of The Steel Curtain, The Doomsday Squad, The Purple People Eaters, The Orange Crush and many others. "The Mighty Foremen" are a creation of this author for this novel, and represent a completely fictional defensive front four. On the other hand, there is a real Megan's Cafe in Aurora, Minnesota, run by a blond lady named Gwen who has a sense of humor.

THE HEART OF DESIRE

THE HEART OF DESIRE Rolling waves of violence and dangerous adventures, quirky desperados, long-lost romance and heated passions collide on the back roads of the Southwest as the charismatic and mysterious Man With The Scar tries to bring order to his chaotic world.

As a young man, Clay Rhett, The Man With The Scar, was tricked into trading away his normal life for "a life of adventure". He's been running to stay alive ever since. Now he will take one last shot at breaking out of his bargain with fate, to regain his normal life.

Action, adventure, excitement, suspense, unexpected twists and turns, a huge fortune, romance and even a dash of true love.

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TINSEL WILDERNESS: Lessons on Survival as a Creative Person In Hollywood & Other Extreme Climates
True stories from John Klawitter, Hollywood writer-producer-director. Whether youre pitching some famous old witch doctor who owns a big animation production company, or sending a query letter to a 25-year-old cannibal prince who lucked into being the head of acquisitions at a giant publishing conglomerate, the stories of discovery and survival in TINSEL WILDERNESS can be a source of inspiration and encouragement. From the book-lined offices of Random House and Doubleday to the West Coast movie studios with their wide views of palm trees and the blue Pacific, the wilderness is a strange place for those not expecting the weird, the unpredictable and the rough-and-tumble. To you, storytelling is as important as life itself. But to the natives its often little more than trinkets and beads they can exchange for furs and scraps of meat. The trick is, you dont want to be the meat. As the natives often say with a wise nod of the head, Its too late to moo when youre hamburger.
Insider Reaction to TINSEL WILDERNESS:
“The real stuff of Hollywood. What it’s really like to write, produce and direct in the industry.”
-Wally Burr, Director & Famous Voice Over Talent on over 2,000 animation shows (G.I.Joe, Transformers, etc.)

“Glorious Broadsides! Harold looks down from the pearly gates beaming approval!”
-Hal Hamilton, English Actor, Documentary Filmmaker and friend of Harold Orton.

“I can’t wait to read it!”
-Dick Cook, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios

“I can still beat you at racquetball.”
-John Jensen, designer and long-time Disney Art Director

“And I can draw better than you.”
-Roy Alexander, fine artist and long-time Disney Art Director

“Tinsel Wilderness is really the nuts and bolts, the smell and feel and taste of the Hollywood I know.”
-Tom Pope, Hollywood Writer who has worked for Studios, Networks and Ad Agencies

“It is all very lively and, I think, very useful. Thank you for including the stuff about me”
-Franklin McMahon, Sr. , World-famous artist-reporter

“Anyone who reads the book feels it's taken from the authentic fabric of a life, and finds it is just as much about the anonymous "Chinese grandmothers" as the stars like Natalie Wood. Aside from the priceless info on the ins and outs of the industry, there's a lot that stays with the reader.”
- Mary Rae, professional musician & poet, former editor of Romantics Quarterly.

“I hate writing. It’s hard work. You have to pay me to do it.”
-Mike Spenser, writer and ex-Editor, L.A. Times

“Writing’s easy…relationships are hard.”
-George Petlowany, promo & TV spot writer around Hollywood.

“You writers are all the same. You say, ‘Pay me and I will write for you.’ Where’s the love there?”
-Phil Mendez, animation genius, pitch-master, creator of Kissy Fur, Monster Tales and Black Santa, among others.

“So some day you’re going to write this down and you think people are actually going to read it? (The year is 1969. The wiry old man looks up at me and grins as he doodle-sketches a squiggily bird with long legs and goof-ball eyes on a cel on the animation desk in front of him) Well, remember Babbitt is spelled with two ‘t’s’”
-Art Babbit, long time Disney and Hanna Barbara animator, and the man who married Snow White

THE FREIGHT TRAIN OF LOVE